Center for the Study of Democracy

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Democracy was founded on 2 June 2004 on the recommendation of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony under the chairmanship of Professor Dr. Hans Dieter Klingemann. Founding Director and Head of the CSD from 2004 to 2018 was Professor Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel. 

The Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) brings together the research activities of the members of the Institute for Political Science (IPW) under one roof. The Center is primarily concerned with the analysis of democratic orders and processes. The research activities can be divided into three core areas:

  • The institutional, ideational and material foundations of democratic orders;
  • The drivers of political change in these orders;
  • And the impact of democratic policymaking on society, economy and the environment.

The Centre is also actively involved in promoting young scientists and fosters the international and regional networking of research institutions devoted to the study of democracy.

 

Main research areas

The activities of the CSD include:

  • Implementing research projects on the three core topics: foundations, transformation, and impact of democracy
  • Organization of international conferences and workshops on current issues of democracy research
  • Collection and coordination of international data sets, especially the World Values Survey, the Comparative Political Data Set, and the database on Central and Eastern European Political Systems and Governments
  • Promotion of research in the form of doctoral and post-doctoral scholarships at the Center
  • Hosting regular guest lectures by internationally renowned scientists and early career researchers
  • Active scientific promotion of young talent in the form of regular doctoral seminars on theories and methods of democracy research as well as in the form of summer schools for doctorate students and inter-university graduate networks
  • Establishing contacts between science and practice

Teaching

  • PHD-Summerschool
  • Politikberatung
  1. 2016
  2. Autoren-Workshop

    Welzel, C. (Organiser)

    17.05.201619.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. Interactions between social movements and international organisations

    Wienkoop, N.-K. (Participant)

    06.05.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  4. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2016

    van Hüllen, V. (presenter)

    17.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Der „fachdidaktische Code“ der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung in der fachdidaktischen Diskussion der sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächer sowie des Lernfeldkonzepts

    Oeftering, T. (Organiser)

    07.03.201608.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  6. Workshop, International Academy Berlin: Qualitative Content Analysis

    Wach, L. (Participant)

    03.03.201604.03.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  7. Public Lecture & Kick-Off-Meeting of the Working Group “Movements & Institutions”

    Wienkoop, N.-K. (Organiser)

    26.02.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  8. Einwanderungsland Europa - Was kann politische Bildung?

    Oeftering, T. (Panel participant)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  9. Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016

    Oeftering, T. (Speaker)

    23.02.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  10. POLITIKUM - Analysen, Kontroversen, Bildung: Vierteljahreszeitschrift des Wochenschau Verlags

    Reiser, M. (Consultant)

    20162019

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  11. 2015
  12. Re-Reading Risse - 2015

    van Hüllen, V. (Participant)

    18.12.201519.12.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'

    van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)

    25.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. 5th International Annual Conference Laboratory for Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2015

    Kruse, S. (Speaker)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015

    Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)

    16.11.201520.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Tagung der Sektion Land- und Agrarsoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS 2015

    Seha, E. M. (Speaker)

    06.11.201507.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Local responses to international democracy promotion efforts: EU cooperation with Morocco & Tunisia before the Arab Spring

    van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)

    23.10.201524.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Workshop on Gender Responsive Policy Making - 2015

    Kronfeldt, M. (Organiser)

    21.10.201522.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  19. Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Conference Analyzing Panel and Spatial Data - 2015

    Kruse, S. (Participant)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

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